Comments on: Control.Visible is broken http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/05/controlvisible-is-broken/ Windows Forms Controls for .NET Smart Client Applications Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mel Grubb http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/05/controlvisible-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Mel Grubb Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:01:07 +0000 http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/?p=485#comment-3122 I ran into this quite a while ago, and the solution is not that bad, actually. Since this post is old, you may have found this already, but I'll post it anyway just in case it's useful to someone in the future. You need to ask the control specifically what IT'S visible property is, which is not what the .Visible property will do. It takes a little bit of reflection, but it's not that bad. Details of the approach can be found in this blog entry: http://tinyurl.com/waitcontext The part you're interested in starts in the second section (The difficulty) I ran into this quite a while ago, and the solution is not that bad, actually. Since this post is old, you may have found this already, but I’ll post it anyway just in case it’s useful to someone in the future.

You need to ask the control specifically what IT’S visible property is, which is not what the .Visible property will do. It takes a little bit of reflection, but it’s not that bad.

Details of the approach can be found in this blog entry: http://tinyurl.com/waitcontext
The part you’re interested in starts in the second section (The difficulty)

]]> By: Lewis http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/05/controlvisible-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Lewis Sun, 17 May 2009 13:25:43 +0000 http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/?p=485#comment-2444 I ran into that with ToolStripItems. I use the Available property on ToolStripItems instead of Visible when I want to see if the ToolStripItem wants to be shown. I didn't realize it happened with Controls as well. I ran into that with ToolStripItems. I use the Available property on ToolStripItems instead of Visible when I want to see if the ToolStripItem wants to be shown. I didn’t realize it happened with Controls as well.

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